Churches are NOT off-limits. The confusion comes because many people do not read to the end of PC §46.035 where you find this: "(i) Subsections (b)(4), (b)(5), (b)(6), and (c) do not apply if the actor was not given effective notice under Section 30.06."ffemt300 wrote:Help clarify carry in a church for me. A friend and fellow CHL was insistent that churches were statutorily off limits. This thread says that churches are not off limits unless they post 30.06 signs. However the penal code is not clear to me. I've always carried at my church and he apparently is afraid to.
They only read this far: (b) A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed, on or about the license holder's person: ...
(6) on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other established place of religious worship.
